Holder for bicycles.



No. 629,850. Patented Au I, 1899.

m GESSLER HULDEB'FDR BICYGLES.

{Apphcat on filed Kay 23 1898} {No Model.)

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PATENT OFFICE.

MAXIMILIAN.GESSLER, OF MILWAUKEE, 'WISCONSIN.

HOLDER FO'R BICYCLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 1\l'o. 629,850, datedAugust 1, 1899.

v 7 Application filed May 23,1898. Serial No. 681,459. (lilo model-l Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAXIMILIAN GESSLER, of Milwaukee, in the county ofMilwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Holders for Bicycles or other Vehicles, of which thefollowing isa description, reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawings, which are a part of this specification.

My invention has relation toimprovements in holders for bicycles orother vehicles.

The object ofthe invention is to provide a construction of suchsimplicity that the holder can be put on the market at the minimum costand also a construction which is easily operated and in whichstren gthand d urability With the above primary object in view the inventionconsists of the devices'and parts or their equivalents, as hereinaftermore fullypointed out.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of myinvention, showing it secured to a stand, rack, or other support andshowing in dotted lines the rim of a bicyclewheel locked in the holder.Fig. 2 is a crosssection through the holder, showing the locking memberor arm adjusted to a locking position and locked to the holder or mainportion of the device by an ordinary form of padlock, said padlock beingshown in dotted lines. Fig; 3 is a rear view of the holder, and Fig. 4is a side elevation with a partbroken away and showing another form oflocking mechanism applied thereto.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 5 indicates the main portion orholding memher of the device. This portion 5is of aform concave-convexin cross-section and likewise is of the form longitudinally of a segmentof a circle in order to conform to the periphery of a wheel adapted tobe inserted therein. The member 5 is adapted to be secured to anysuitable support,such as a stand, rack, or wall.

In Fig. 1 I have shown the device as seen red to a vertical support 6,openings 7 7 being provided in the holder, through which screws,

the support.' Use of the front edges of the holder is turned outwardlyat a medial point, and in this outwardlyturned portion is formed anelongated slot 8. The on twardlyturned edge is prolonged somewhat toform a projecting lug 9, which is provided with an opening 10. 'T heother principal member of the holder consists of a slidable arm 11,whichis in the form of a segment of a circle. and is adapted to slide in agrooveway 12, preferably formed by side Walls 13, projecting outwardlyfrom the rear face of the holder. Said rear face of the holder is alsopreferably and advisably cast or formed with a rearwardly-projectingrectangularframe 14, which permits the holder to fit accurately againstthe flat surface to which it is secured, the openings 7 7 passingthrough fiat lugs 15 15. The grooveway 12 when formed byoutwardly-extending walls, such as 13, is preferably covered by means ofa curved sheet-metal plate 16. The side walls of therearwardly-projecting rectangular frame are cut away at opposite points,as clearly shown, in order to accommodate this curved plate and topermit it to bear firmly against the edges of the walls 13, which edgesdo not project out as far as the edges of the walls of the, rectangularframe. 7

One end of the plate is advisably secured by forming in its oppositeside edges notches 17 17, which are engaged by the edges which borderthe'cut-out portion of one of the side walls ofthe rectangular frame14:, and the opposite end of the plate issecured by means of rivets orequivalents. By this arrangement provision is made'fforreadilydisconnecting one end of the plate, so that said end can be lifted upand access obtained to the interior of the grooveway for the purpose ofcleaning merely by disengaging the notches 17 from theborderingedges'of' one of the cutout portions of a side wall of the rectangularframe 14 The end of the plate 16, which is secured by rivets orequivalents, terminates somewhat short of the end of the grooveway. Theslidable arm is provided near one end with an outwardly-projectinglug18,"which lug is shown as provided with an opening 19. \Vhen theslidable arm is slid around out of locking position, the lug'lS willcontact with the end of the plateld, said end of the plate thus forminga stop for limiting the movement of the slidable arm in this direction.The portion of the slidable arm projecting beyond the lug 18 forms ashort lip 20, and the contact of the lug 18 with the end of the plate 16is at such point that the end of the lip 20 is flush or practicallyflush with the edge of the holder, so that said lip offers no impedimentto the free insertion into the holder of the rim of the wheel. Theprojecting lug 18 also acts as a handle, whereby the locking-arm may beswung in the arc of a circle.

In the application of my invention the rim of the wheel is forced intothe concavity of the holder, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The lug 18 isthen grasped and the locking-arm swung around so as to completely bridgeover the concavity of the holder. The extent of the movement of thelocking-arm in this direction is limited by the contact of the lug 18with the lug 9, the short lip 20 passing through the elongated slot 8.The locking member is then locked in this position by any suitable formof locking mechanism. In Fig. 2 I show in dotted lines an ordinary formof padlock (indicated by the numeral 21) for this purpose, the hasp ofthe lock being passed through the registering openings 10 and 19,respectively, of the lugs 9 and 18. Other forms of locking mechanism,however, may be employed, and in Fig. 4 I show the application of anordinary form of lock 22 applied to the side of the holder. lVhen a keyis applied to the lock and turned in one direction, it will thrust thebolt 23 of thelock outwardly, and the beveled end of said bolt willengage a beveled recess 24 in the edge of the locking-arm. lVhere a formof lock such as that shown in Fig. 4 is employed, it will of course notbe necessary to provide the lugs 9 and 18 with openings.

The locking-arm with the short lip 20, projecting beyond the lug 18 andadapted to engage an elongated slot 8, possesses important advantages,inasmuch as by the engagement of the lip with the slot sidewise wabblingof the locking-arm when in a locking position is prevented, and at thesame time there is much less danger of a person being able to break thelocking-arm, as it is not only necessary to overcome the resistanceafforded by the lock itself, but also by the lip engaging the slot.

I show and prefer to employ beneath the end of the plate 16, which issecured by riv' ets or other means, a packing 25, which not only servesto exclude dirt from the groove- Way, but also serves asa soft cushion,against which the slidable arm 11 bears, thereby preventing scratchingor abrading of the arm.

What I claim as my invention is In a holder for bicycles, and othervehicles, the combination, of aholding member having a groove or guideway, one end of the outer wall of the groove or guide way terminatingshort of said groove or guide way, and said holding member formed orprovided with a concavity to receive therein the rim of the wheel, andalso provided at one edge with a projecting lug having a slottherethrough, a slidable member slidable in the groove or guide way ofthe holding member, and adapted to he slid so as to be clear of theconcavity of said holding member, and to he slid in the oppositedirection so as to intersect the concavity of the holding member, saidslidable member provided with a projecting lug and a lip extending fromthe lug at an angle thereto, the projecting lug of the slidable memberadapted to contact with the projecting lug of the holding member, andthe projecting lip to enter the slot of said lug of the holding member,when the slidable memberintersects the concavity of the holding member,and said projecting lug of the slidable member adapted, when saidslidable member is slid clear of the concavity of the holding member, tocontact with the end of the outer Wall of the groove or guide way whichterminates short of said groove or guide way, whereby said short end ofthe outer wall forms a limitingstop, and the space formed in advance ofthe short end of the outer wall of the groove a recess for theaccommodation of the projecting lip of said holding member, and lockingmechanism adapted to lock the slidable member to the holding member,when said slidable member is in locking position.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MAXIMILIAN GESSLER. lVitnesses:

A. L. MORSELL, ANNA V. FAUST.

